There will always be scandals. I imagine that when the Green or NDP get
in power, they will have their own.
My biggest issue withe the current government goes beyond scandal.
Stephen Harper creating a law to stop elections being called on a whim,
then breaking his own law.
The conservatives refusing to answer to parliament, the media or
Canadians about what they are doing.
The conservatives cutting the long census to stifle information. I
asked how many people went to prison for not filling out the form.
Peter Braid would not answer.
The conservatives cutting election funding so that only the wealthy have
a voice. I don't think that $1/person tax is killing anyone for a bit
of democracy.
Linux users are in favor of free as in speech. Perhaps I am
overreacting. This election seems more about democracy than scandal.
We will need to work with whoever gets in power. I have not had much
luck talking to Peter Braid about C-32 before the election. I don't
imagine that it will change after.
I have said too much about politics on this forum. I will try to keep
it to linux related subjects.
John Kerr wrote:
> Paul Gallaway wrote
>> "[pick your own 'scandal' - there were a lot of them]"
>> Yes I will, let us go back in Canadian history, but not too far back:
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponsorship_scandal>>http://www.canadafreepress.com/jean-chretien-scandal.htm>>http://bcblue.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/who-in-chretiens-pmo-got-journalists-fired/>> The only people who have a licence to complain about scandals in
> federal politics are the supporters of the Green Party and the NDP.
> Everyone gets blasted in this article:
>>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/francis/archive/2008/03/02/canadian-corruption-probe-shawinigate.aspx> ----
> It is correct that the people who felt they were most impacted by the
> Copyright Act did respond like we have never seen before. However, ask
> people who are outside "our world" about TPM's DRM you will probably
> get a "HUH?".
>> Now my gut feeling on the copyright bill is that it was deliberately
> left to die on the order paper by the Conservative Government twice.
> Just a gut feeling.
>> Here is what I think is interesting. The lobbyists who have been
> pushing for DRM and TPM have been saying since before 2004 that they
> are going to go out of business without them. Well it is going to be
> at least this time next year before the copyright act is going to get
> its next go-round. How come the interests that are pro DRM TPM
> represented by the lobbyists are still in business in the year 2012+?
>> I think that Parliament is being duped on the copyright issue --
> Conservative, Liberal, Bloc and NDP. And today, I spoke with Peter
> Braid and told him so and that there are people in the KW-LUG who
> would like to speak with him about TPM and DRM. Peter Braid is willing
> to meet with us.
>> Think about it, there I was at the Stephen Harper rally in Guelph,
> wearing a Tshirt that indicated that I was one of the volunteers
> helping put the rally on; talking about my unhappiness with the
> Copyright Act. You see in this instance, it was a supporter,
> respectfully expressing his opinion. At least there is no mistaking me
> for a person who would not support anything that the current
> government does.
>> Let's wait until after the election, and work together to put forward
> our best case to who ever wins the seats in our ridings.
>> Cheers
>> John
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